The host of a respected English-language CCTV program posted a
message on Sina Weibo last Wednesday in support of the Chinese government's measures
to crackdown on expatriate criminals. As James Fallows wrote of Yang Rui's diatribe in a comprehensive post over the weekend, "the reaction in the Chinese blogosphere has been mockery of Yang Rui for his xenophobia."

Yang, who co-hosts CCTV 9's Dialogue, wrote:

The Public Security Bureau must clean up
foreign trash, snatch foreign vagabonds and protect our innocent girls. Wudaokou
and Sanlitun are the most deeply affected areas.

Wudaokou and Sanlitun are two bar districts in Beijing. Wudaokou
is largely dominated by Korean students who study at nearby universities,
and Sanlitun streets are often packed with European, African, and American bar-goers.

Yang continued,

We already kicked out that foreign bitch [Melissa Chan]
and shut down Al Jazeera's Beijing office, to show people who demonize China
that they can shut up and beat it.

Yang's commentary, which comes after a British national sexually
assaulted a Chinese woman near Tiananmen Square, provoked a flurry of
responses from the Sina Weibo community, in China and abroad.

One purported foreigner seemed to agree with Yang.

"[Thumbs up icons] Remove the foreigners who go to China for
the 'easy life,' who do not really love China except for its women, and who are
a disgrace to the reputation of Americans who really do love China," wrote user
CaucasianBrian, reportedly from the United States

Many Chinese micro-bloggers also expressed support for Yang's message.